Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-04-15
HIN ESDURGII.

Sunday, April II at l030 IA. m.
HINEsDURGH
Died, April ., at the residence of her
son, {. NJ. Cooley, Esq, Hinesburgh, Vt.
Mrs. Nellie (Taggart) Cooley, relict of
the late Cassius Cooley, aged So years.
BOLTON
Ralph the only child of Mr. and Mrs.
A. w. Davis of Waterbury, died Wednes-
day morning with scarlet fever. The
funeral was held Thursday, Rev. G. E
smith ofliciating. .....C II. Stackpoe of
East Montpelier was in town this week.
..... Miss Bertha White of Essex has been
visiting at the home of her uncle, +. l..
White of North DuXbury.
EAST CHARLOTTE.
The outlook for maple orchard products
Is discouraglng .....The Ladies Aid So
ciety of the Baptist church gave sugar
festival the other evening in Lyceum Hall,
which netted handsome sum. Mr.. j. H.
Allen and Miss Mary Allen from Hines
burgh. aided very effectively in the
musical exercises, and little Miss Mabel
Allen gave several rectations. .... Union
fast day services were held in the Baptist
church, Rev. NJ. A. Wicker of the Metho-
dist church preaching the sermon. ....
Easter Sunday was specially observed by
the various religious societies III town.
UNDERHILL.
Mr.. Frederick Lavigne will at once
commence building Homer Thompsons
new hardware store .... Miss Mary Ftz-
gerald is going to Essex Junction to work.
80. DIR. w. 5 Nay has received a valuable
gold watch, testimonial from McDon
ough Lodge, No 26, f. and A. NJ. TWAS
presented him upon his retirement from
the office OF w. High water is
causing the Burlington and Lamoille rail
ROAD considerable trouble just now. Ser
ious washouts along the line are reported
n {, Eranoh pf Nau- Nprly hoo ,ai
upon our townspeople Saturday. .....Guy
Benedict is making progress in learning
the art of telegraphy at the station.
WINOoSKI.
The village was lighted by electricity
for the first time Sunday evening and the
people were well pleased with the result.
...... Bernard Graham was elected road
commissioner by the village fathers at
their last meeting. The Easter concert
given by the scholars of the Methodist
Sunday school was we'll rendered. The
exercises consisted of reading and singing
by the different members of the school.
The church was very tastlly decoreted
with plants and flowers. .... Gen. w. l..
Greenleaf has sold his residence which is
situated on the corner of Main and Union
streets to Andrew Mcbride .. The Wi
nouski river is very high and if it CON
tinues to rise the mill will have to shut
down. The whole number of dogs
licensed by the town clerk this year is 1G5
against l15 last year.
ESSEN JUNCTION
The Baptist people had a sugar festival
Thursday night. The entertainment con
sisted OF singing and recitations The
proceeds netted about Sl2. F. A Sweet
has bought of H. 5. Read the house near
William Wiley's, and is moving into the
same. He paid $3.50. ..... Misses Blanche
Bingham and Bertha Ferrin are spending
their vacation at b. +. Bingham's Miss
Blanche's grandfather, in Fletcher. ....
Next Sunday will be Rev. Mr.. English's
last Sunday before taking his trip to Eu
rope, and as it will be Easter there will be
services appropropriate to the occasion.
.... The remains of Alfred Flanders who
has lived in st. Johns. p. O.. were buried
in our cemetery last Wednesday. He had
been one of the engineers of the Vermont
and Canada railroad since it was built.
He was about 81 years old. His wife was
formerly from Essex.
ESSEN JUNCTION.
Rev. w. f. English and wife started
Monday noon for Hartford, Conn. but the
Bolton washout caused them to return.
AS soon us the road is open they will 90
on. Mrs. English is to remain with her
people in Hartford while he takes trip
abroad. Rev Mr.. Tenney of Waterbury
will preach for Mr.. English IN his alb
scence "A child was born at Essex June
ton recently who is possessed with an un-
usual number of parents. Mother, two
grandmothers and two great -grandmoth
ers, father, two grandtathers and one
great-grandfather, in all nine parents and
all living Job Bates is preparing the
foundation for his new house. 1t Will be
larger and a better one than the one re-
Gently burned. -. Thomas Teachout
junior in the L. V. NJ, was not able to
return to college Monday with the other
boys. lie Is quite seriously sick.
RICHMOND.
One day recently, as A. C. Flagg was
taking n load of mllk to Gleasou's cream
cry, the sleds Slowed, spiling two large
cans of milk, throwing Mr. Flagg to the
ground and breaking his wrist. -. Two
or three young men ON a lark came to the
agent for liquor Friday late at night, left
the team without hitching. The horse be-
come frightened and run under an apple
tree, breaking the wagon badly and in
luring the horse. The horse belonged to
Il: IL. Freeman's livery. Fast Day SER
vices were well attended at the Congrega-
tlonal church, Rev. Austin Hazen ofIici-
atlng Appropriate Easter services were
held at The Congregational church, at
the Church of the Restoration and
at the Catholic church h..A large
per cent of the farmers that make sugar
dld not tap their sugar orchards this
spring. The average date for commenc
ing is from the 18th to the 25th of March.
There was little sugar made this year
the ice. Water is set back so that several
families have to resort to RATS to get away
from their houses.
CHARLOTTE.
Mice have made terrible work in some
orchards this winter. In places where
they could make rotdways from stone
walls ur stone plies quite large trees have
been girdled. They have even eaten the
bark of pear trees, an unusual thing
Parties are buying force pumps to be used
in spraying apple trees to destroy insect
pests 1t is claimed that insect poison
can be used in this way TO the destruction
of the coddlng moth and the little green
lice that did such work last year. Some
thing must be done to check their ravages
or the apple crop is doomed, ...A young
Peoples Society of Christian Endeavor
has been recently organized and is Off
cered as follows; Nominating committee,
Lyman Mcneil, Alice Williams, Albert
Williams; president j. Kirk Palmer :;
vice -Drps siupnt Anna Rvinptn nm spcrpturv